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2025 Vintage En Primeur
2025 bestows a precious gift:
grapes blessed by the sun, from which our teams,
with great grace, bring forth sublime wines that enshrine the tradition of vintages ending in 5.
Sanctifying the grapes
A year bathed in light, where summer stood as a true trial by fire. From that moment on, the task was to accompany the vine with humility throughout the season, carrying out meticulous, almost lace-like work to select the grapes at harvest. Trust in our blessed terroir once again revealed its grace.
Revealing the sublime
Small volumes of fruit, yet of a striking, almost providential intensity. At harvest, the juices revealed a remarkable freshness, nearly defying the heat of the summer. These grapes called for the utmost precision, at times restraint, always delicacy, to bring forth the purest expression of a truly great vintage.
A consecrated vintage
2025 is no exception to the rule of vintages ending in 5. It will stand alongside its illustrious predecessor, the 2005 vintage, among the estate’s exceptional years, and will earn its place inscribed in gold within the chapel, where La Mission’s greatest vintages are recorded.
Château La Mission Haut-Brion Red
A dazzling, luminous red hue embellished by deep red glints. From the first nose, the wine is expressive, complex, delightful and so typical of this vineyard. This is further revealed on swirling the wine, with hints of black fruit, blackcurrant and notes of mocha appearing. On tasting, the first impression is powerful, with clear structure. Roundness follows immediately and gives an almost creamy feel on the palate, where fruit is accompanied elegantly by fine-grained tannins. There is a delicious contrast between the wine’s compactness and its freshness, that carries the wine through to a finish that unfolds majestically like the feathers of a peacock’s tail. With a captivating palate and an ethereal persistence, this 2025 vintage offers us with the expression of La Mission at its peak.
Blend
58.3% Merlot, 38.3% Cabernet Sauvignon, 3.4% Cabernet Franc
Alcohol by volume
13.6° (provisional)
New barrels
59%
La Chapelle de La Mission Haut-Brion
Its bright colour shows gleams of dark red. A really lovely nose reveals touches of rose and peony, as well as hints of fresh fruit, with scents of blackcurrant and redcurrant. Pure, fleshy and flavourful on the first taste. Cabernet Sauvignon in the blend brings delicious fruitiness, upheld by a tannic structure full of promise. It shows good structure on the palate, with flavours of raspberry and cocoa, and on the last taste some hints of bitters bring a finishing touch. Maturation will refine and smooth this rich Chapelle, already so full of flavour.
Blend
Blend: 29.2% Merlot, 56.3% Cabernet Sauvignon, 14.5% Cabernet Franc
Alcohol by volume
13.1° (provisional)
New barrels
14%
Château La Mission Haut-Brion White
A pale yellow, delicately shimmering colour. Expressive on the nose, with bountiful aromas of white blossom, lilac and mango. In just a few seconds, the senses are captivated. Enticing on the palate, it is rich and persistent: Sémillon is perceptible and gives body and fleshiness to the wine. Mid-tasting, the wine is ample, with good balance between flavours of blood orange, grapefruit and a note of beeswax. Woodiness blends into the structure elegantly and some lovely bitter notes on the finish bring a touch of freshness to this Mission, with its characteristically smooth and almost canonical roundness.
Blend
64.5% Sémillon, 35.5% Sauvignon Blanc
Alcohol by volume
14,5° (provisional)
New barrels
31%
La Clarté de Haut-Brion
A lovely pale yellow colour with green highlights. On the first nose, a slightly smoky note gives way to inviting fruit, with aromas of peach, passion fruit and a hint of apricot. Fresh and finely structured on the palate, the wine reveals delicate floral notes. A gentle, rounded texture follows, with hints of citrus and lychee. The wine shows good length, with a subtle saline note on the finish. This is a superb Clarté de Haut-Brion, aromatic and beautifully balanced.
Blend
64.5% Sémillon, 35.5% Sauvignon
Alcohol by volume
13.75° (provisional)
New barrels
59%
